Meta tags:
description= Reflections on the the biblical text;
Headings (most frequently used words):
the, in, jeremiah, of, part, who, is, speaking, online, hebrew, bible, still, book, 19, posts, joining, conversation, free, resource, prophetic, books, can, people, repent, sometimes, simplest, explanation, makes, most, sense, sorrow, and, grief, table, feelings, present, church, or, academy, sbl, chicago, world, contrasts, 10, 20, 18, 21, navigation, reflections, on, biblical, text, recent, follow, blog, via, email, archives, footnotes,
Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (443), jeremiah (115), and (112), that (92), #people (57), for (48), not (44), this (43), are (42), text (37), lord (31), with (29), who (27), one (26), have (24), sorrow (23), god (23), his (22), #speaking (21), all (19), how (19), being (18), they (18), bible (16), verses (16), anguish (16), grief (15), most (15), has (15), verse (15), was (15), also (14), more (14), judah (14), there (14), 2012 (13), feelings (13), would (13), yet (13), part (12), which (12), ambiguity (12), anger (12), church (12), korpel (11), zion (11), from (11), prophet (11), references (11), speaker (10), weeping (10), mourning (10), here (10), both (10), but (10), brenda (10), kronemeijer (10), heyink (10), uncategorized (10), 2009 (9), prophetic (9), can (9), use (9), jer (9), could (9), only (9), you (9), those (9), their (9), between (9), will (9), out (9), seminar (9), comment (8), august (8), still (8), hebrew (8), been (8), likely (8), even (8), about (8), over (8), these (8), biblical (8), like (7), view (7), book (7), heart (7), were (7), suggests (7), own (7), pain (7), doing (7), given (7), clearly (7), into (7), found (7), service (7), joy (7), blog (6), april (6), 2010 (6), sense (6), online (6), although (6), does (6), figure (6), thus (6), message (6), other (6), person (6), refer (6), israel (6), ones (6), away (6), leave (6), what (6), related (6), form (6), lack (6), email (5), comments (5), conversation (5), now (5), december (5), explanation (5), repent (5), argues (5), she (5), words (5), lament (5), many (5), seems (5), lamenting (5), furthermore (5), since (5), land (5), then (5), make (5), coming (5), first (5), passages (5), tears (5), them (5), time (5), further (5), interpretation (5), well (5), sadness (5), twice (5), bratcher (5), number (5), repentance (5), joining (4), may (4), november (4), 2011 (4), 2013 (4), follow (4), your (4), posts (4), present (4), makes (4), etcbc (4), some (4), its (4), where (4), within (4), says (4), seen (4), connection (4), two (4), unit (4), notes (4), gives (4), die (4), tents (4), however (4), had (4), disaster (4), must (4), know (4), good (4), somewhat (4), various (4), same (4), pathos (4), much (4), discussing (4), allow (4), suffering (4), mourn (4), wound (4), numbering (4), different (4), claim (4), shows (4), speaks (4), felt (4), taizé (4), theological (4), conference (4), sunday (4), chosen (4), rejoicing (4), weariness (4), judgment (4), word (4), fish (4), site (3), wordpress (3), com (3), website (3), reader (3), sign (3), already (3), july (3), october (3), table (3), simplest (3), books (3), free (3), resource (3), available (3), argument (3), roberts (3), ancient (3), significant (3), ward (3), later (3), addition (3), her (3), yhwh (3), less (3), commentators (3), point (3), reference (3), instead (3), community (3), identifying (3), himself (3), niv (3), punishment (3), cannot (3), sound (3), cry (3), footnotes (3), clear (3), though (3), made (3), former (3), highlights (3), symbolic (3), whether (3), agent (3), identification (3), entirely (3), intentional (3), response (3), speak (3), thesis (3), representative (3), role (3), looked (3), below (3), discussion (3), short (3), far (3), fretheim (3), day (3), might (3), including (3), involved (3), another (3), alongside (3), masoretic (3), distress (3), midst (3), towards (3), taken (3), fact (3), home (3), than (3), homeless (3), voice (3), afternoon (3), focused (3), sbl (3), attending (3), scholarship (3), hopefully (3), interested (3), reformed (3), christians (3), morning (3), half (3), academy (3), verbal (3), verbs (3), used (3), often (3), spd (3), ספד (3), noun (3), following (3), wailing (3), compassion (3), wrath (3), rosenberg (3), upon (3), moab (3), exile (3), experience (3), mcgrath (3), failure (3), reflections (3), name (2), required (2), write (2), content (2), log (2), subscribed (2), subscribe (2), account (2), february (2), 2016 (2), archives (2), address (2), receive (2), new (2), via (2), sometimes (2), eep (2), talstra (2), learner (2), intriguing (2), states (2), better (2), involvement (2), near (2), east (2), 361 (2), skilled (2), occurs (2), aroused (2), james (2), prophets (2), possibility (2), previous (2), specifically (2), regard (2), appears (2), canto (2), each (2), case (2), delimitation (2), criticism (2), quote (2), pages (2), several (2), examples (2), maier (2), basis (2), old (2), problem (2), property (2), talking (2), actions (2), heard (2), trumpet (2), battle (2), destroyed (2), shelter (2), long (2), see (2), hear (2), senseless (2), children (2), completely (2), alone (2), especially (2), allows (2), expected (2), cause (2), such (2), appreciate (2), spoken (2), argue (2), hearing (2), conclusion (2), actually (2), before (2), textual (2), help (2), ambiguous (2), link (2), goes (2), phrase (2), him (2), emotion (2), belonging (2), personal (2), pronoun (2), causes (2), obvious (2), speakers (2), too (2), through (2), 1984 (2), faint (2), why (2), crushed (2), head (2), eyes (2), weep (2), night (2), place (2), suggesting (2), cacophony (2), best (2), expressing (2), least (2), feels (2), very (2), give (2), question (2), full (2), emotional (2), opposed (2), denying (2), section (2), slightly (2), english (2), polk (2), persona (2), because (2), said (2), tent (2), gone (2), left (2), blurring (2), step (2), nature (2), singular (2), held (2), fairly (2), destruction (2), refers (2), sure (2), did (2), life (2), living (2), christian (2), probably (2), mostly (2), despite (2), something (2), dinner (2), perhaps (2), want (2), just (2), isn (2), lot (2), believe (2), down (2), assume (2), non (2), things (2), knowledge (2), sessions (2), wasn (2), really (2), options (2), during (2), mentioned (2), choose (2), whatever (2), side (2), similar (2), desolation (2), niphal (2), desolate (2), linked (2), feeling (2), hip (2), verb (2), yll (2), ילל (2), forbidden (2), merely (2), while (2), expressed (2), occurrences (2), few (2), ḥrwn (2), חרון (2), helpful (2), pointing (2), דמעה (2), śśwn (2), śmḥh (2), ששון (2), שמחה (2), weary (2), sick (2), explicitly (2), commentary (2), divine (2), promise (2), mcconville (2), gench (2), resources (2), texts (2), closely (2), agents (2), come (2), mirroring (2), explicit (2), nonetheless (2), future (2), nor (2), fishermen (2), john (2), 153 (2), deeper (2), meaning (2), earlier (2), always (2), grace (2), parsing (2), indentation (2), research (2), get, started, design, loading, collapse, bar, manage, subscriptions, report, privacy, june, september, march, january, select, month, enter, notifications, recent, parsed, centre, compters, older, navigation, note, result, conclusions, jimmy, understood, emphasise, passionate, fate, motif, background, tradition, otes, 1992, 374, public, traditions, women, summoned, lead, teach, laments, physically, compassionate, hos, complains, recoils, organs, heat, isa, utters, cries, woman, travail, 1991, 131, confirms, position, becomes, doubt, originality, rather, loose, structure, larger, composition, starts, ends, consists, diptych, sub, cantos, structural, mirror, namely, strophes, accordance, manuscripts, septuagint, vulgate, indeed, separate, possibly, meant, explain, disasters, bemoaned, fully, deserved, supports, redaction, authors, defended, giesebrecht, volz, nötscher, carroll, dobbs, allsopp, christl, comparison, klage, der, tochter, bthz, 1998, 176, 189, vetus, testamentum, contribution, previously, simply, conduct, brought, bitter, pierces, writhe, agony, pounds, keep, silent, follows, whole, lies, ruins, instant, moment, standard, fools, understanding, evil, shared, identified, necessarily, prior, superimposed, themselves, definite, divided, latter, article, scholarly, arguments, indicating, markings, based, coherence, concatenation, lbk, 18ac, lby, 19aa, 19ab, beginning, wty, fourfold, yty, hardly, anyone, else, easy, brings, speech, symbolize, temple, sounds, caused, reaction, alarm, war, affection, opinion, facing, spilling, participants, explains, take, parts, vivid, described, therefore, concluded, confusion, conveying, private, tragedy, messenger, mouth, say, mind, illustrate, effective, able, forthcoming, discussions, terence, 161, comforter, listen, king, longer, images, worthless, foreign, idols, harvest, past, summer, ended, saved, horror, grips, balm, gilead, physician, healing, spring, water, fountain, slain, desert, lodging, travelers, adulterers, crowd, unfaithful, voices, helps, portraying, understand, symbiotic, everything, admixture, portray, caught, dismay, happened, embodiment, showing, forth, genuine, hurt, experiencing, points, fading, boundaries, either, example, show, participant, referred, answer, provoked, 19c, unclear, 19a, bemoans, state, links, action, forget, versions, labeled, timothy, jsotsup, language, self, hurl, live, bring, captured, woe, injury, incurable, myself, sickness, endure, ropes, snapped, pitch, set, shepherds, inquire, prosper, flock, scattered, distinction, seeing, representational, easier, possessive, primarily, seem, implies, moreover, easily, questionable, according, logical, recipients, respond, third, crossposted, informal, fits, immediately, amsterdam, obviously, changed, hanging, regularly, effect, feel, consequences, accused, impressed, thinking, strange, contrast, attended, hundred, almost, composed, white, males, females, organized, haphazard, singing, theologians, pastors, significantly, robustly, welcomed, thanked, presence, appreciative, wonder, potential, diversity, represented, walking, notice, evening, perfect, timing, thought, late, plans, nice, change, intellectually, spent, love, takes, seriously, confessional, current, critical, academic, others, chicago, world, contrasts, typical, generation, belong, reminded, pretty, exciting, finish, dissertation, listening, ignore, happening, heritage, friend, put, obscure, little, details, rains, wicked, righteous, incapable, having, insights, linguistics, theology, culture, sovereignty, capability, working, amongst, gifts, participate, developing, sharing, wider, body, christ, saturday, tuesday, occurring, unfortunately, worship, around, negotiable, neighbourhood, skipped, session, surrounded, black, eating, thanksgiving, communion, among, believers, reaffirmed, desire, faith, definitely, fighting, social, justice, professor, mine, scholars, eventually, serving, means, please, academia, frustrated, disappointed, choices, unwittingly, choice, astonishment, directly, negative, going, replaced, differs, placed, brackets, cases, humiliation, hard, labour, laden, convey, forms, infinitive, construct, common, pronominal, suffix, rest, acting, sentences, unique, attack, turning, face, burning, baloian, terms, testament, shmm, שמם, astonished, appalled, hiphil, qal, mkkh, מכּה, מכאב, כאב, mspd, מספד, wail, זעק, bky, בכי, bkh, בכה, nhy, נהי, qynh, קינה, lamentation, ygwn, יגון, rnn, רנן, sing, qwl, wqwl, קול, וקול, rḥm, רחם, klm, כלם, humiliated, ybš, יבש, ashamed, מעה, ṣrh, צרה, לאה, ḥlh, חלה, זעם, indignation, כעס, mqṣp, מקצפ, ḥmh, חמה, brh, עברה, insolence, root, lists, robert, alter, frank, kermode, cambridge, mass, belknap, 1987, 186, literary, guide, joel, ezekiel, concurs, chapter, judgement, grieving, grieves, plight, reflecting, concept, frequently, 1993, let, overflow, without, ceasing, virgin, daughter, suffered, grievous, crushing, blow, jan, 2008, roger, http, www, crivoice, org, lectionary, yearc, cproper20ot, html, dennis, cri, growing, 17th, after, pentecost, cited, 2006, above, indicate, reflection, relates, piece, way, proves, mingling, punctuated, occasionally, markers, frequent, illustrates, extent, sides, coin, relationship, ironically, chooses, indication, considering, surprise, rhetorical, mourns, wails, refusal, relent, displayed, neglect, mentioning, study, stronger, explanations, certain, level, forced, concern, shown, deliverer, times, dmʼh, include, prediction, command, commanded, peace, distinct, subsequent, mention, buried, neither, lamented, comforted, consoled, relation, anticipated, inevitability, implicit, shame, contains, great, every, depth, despair, jumble, emotive, striking, metaphors, associated, intend, communicate, profound, puts, differently, deep, express, pointedly, passionately, baruch, bear, bearing, prophecy, appeals, simpleness, reminds, disciples, blue, collar, workers, writer, gospel, couldn, enough, humour, wisdom, hands, earth, men, think, counting, recording, classes, student, jordan, burt, fished, gave, easiest, count, read, telling, story, provides, explanaton, numbers, seemed, invite, kinds, speculations, regarding, symbolism, exploring, our, matrix, thomas, raitt, summons, 1971, zaw, twenty, four, justify, approaching, doom, ministries, surrendered, impossibility, judged, called, idea, option, logic, included, when, studying, seminary, arose, truly, inevitable, leaned, yes, fit, traits, emphasized, guarantee, appropriate, post, find, update, posted, thanks, grant, funding, internet, whoever, once, access, translation, look, screen, mobile, phone, display, works, button, clause, type, quite, glimpse, done, actual, group, searches, haven, figured, interface, shebanq, selected, participating, center, computer, years, any, responsible, bhs, wivu, werkgroep, informatica, vrije, universiteit, logos, software, search, skip, menu,
Text of the page (random words):
ng that sorrow is not only part of jeremiah s experience as a person and or prophet but that sorrow is also a part of the experience of all those closely involved in prophecy several other occurrences of sorrow in the text include the prediction of the people s mourning the coming disaster and the command of jeremiah not to mourn the text in jeremiah 16 speaks of a lack of mourning and lamenting for those who die in the midst of this jeremiah is commanded by the lord not to lament ספד spd because of the lack of peace in the land 16 5 the text makes a distinct connection between jeremiah s not lamenting and the future lamenting in the land the subsequent verses mention that many will die and not be buried and they will be neither lamented 16 6 nor comforted nor consoled 16 7 in relation to this lack of mourning for those who die many other texts point to there being much sorrow in the coming time of exile most of the references to grief sadness and anguish refer to the anticipated feelings of the people of judah as they experience the inevitability of the exile furthermore the lord shows grief by weeping for moab 48 31 ironically even though the lord chooses to mourn over moab there is no explicit indication of his mourning over his chosen people considering all of the feelings given in the text this lack must cause some surprise to the reader it could be a rhetorical lack if the lord mourns and wails for the people of moab who receive judgment 48 31 how much more does he not mourn for the suffering of his own people his chosen ones yet it could also be an intentional lack the lord s sense of weariness over the people s refusal to relent 15 6 could be displayed through a neglect in mentioning the lord s weeping for his chosen ones a study of the word tears דמעה dmʼh in the text gives a stronger basis for these explanations while the word tears often occurs within a reference to weeping or wailing in the text e g 9 2 1 19 18 13 17 31 16 jeremiah 14 17 3 does not make this connection yet it is just this text that suggests a certain level of mourning for israel even if mourning is not explicitly mentioned there is nonetheless sorrow on account of the punishment that the lord is forced to place upon his people the lord s concern for his people is shown even more by the lord s promise as the people go into exile in the midst of this coming anguish the lord will still be their deliverer in times of anguish 15 11 the examples above indicate that the grief of jeremiah is closely related to that of the other agents in the text this suggests that jeremiah s grief is more than merely a reflection of his own feelings mcconville notes how jeremiah s pain relates to that of the people jeremiah s distress is of a piece with the message he feels already the pain that will come upon the people in a way that proves his identification with them 4 rosenberg goes even further in discussing how jeremiah s sorrow is a mirroring of the grief of the lord 5 rosenberg notes that the mingling of divine and prophetic persona punctuated only occasionally by first person markers such as and the lord said to me is frequent in jeremiah and illustrates the extent to which god s sorrow and the prophet s suffering are seen as two sides of the same coin 6 the use of sorrow in the life of the prophet including the actions of weeping wailing and lamenting shows a significant relationship between the different agents and furthermore it suggests a mirroring of one agent s feelings by another 1 dennis bratcher the voice cri biblical and theological resources for growing christians 17th sunday after pentecost commentary on the texts jeremiah 8 18 9 1 no pages cited 12 may 2006 online http www crivoice org lectionary yearc cproper20ot html 2 roger j gench jeremiah 8 18 9 3 interpretation jan 2008 74 3 jeremiah 14 17 speak this word to them let my eyes overflow with tears night and day without ceasing for the virgin daughter my people has suffered a grievous wound a crushing blow 4 mcconville judgment and promise 1993 61 5 bratcher also concurs with this pointing out that in chapter 9 the judgement of god v 11 is clearly linked with grieving vv 10 17 this suggests that it is not jeremiah alone who grieves at the plight of these people but that jeremiah is reflecting the grief of god bratcher commentary n p bratcher argues that this is similar to the concept of divine pathos that fretheim refers to frequently in his book suffering 6 joel rosenberg jeremiah and ezekiel in the literary guide to the bible ed robert alter and frank kermode cambridge mass belknap 1987 186 leave a comment table of feelings present in the book of jeremiah december 11 2012 uncategorized brenda kronemeijer heyink the following table lists most of the textual references for words explicitly related to feelings in the text of jeremiah feeling hebrew root form verse references wrath insolence 1 עברה brh jeremiah 7 29 48 30 anger wrath חמה ḥmh jeremiah 4 4 6 11 7 20 10 25 18 20 21 5 12 23 19 25 15 30 23 32 31 37 33 5 36 7 42 18 44 6 anger אפ חרון ʼ p ḥrwn jeremiah 2 35 4 8 26 7 20 10 24 12 13 15 14 15 17 4 18 23 21 5 23 20 25 37 38 30 24 32 31 37 33 5 36 7 42 18 44 6 49 37 51 45 52 3 2 anger wrath מקצפ mqṣp jeremiah 10 10 21 5 32 37 37 15 3 50 13 to anger 4 כעס k s jeremiah 7 18 19 8 19 11 17 25 6 7 32 29 30 32 44 3 8 indignation זעם z m jeremiah 10 10 15 17 50 25 to be sick weary 5 חלה ḥlh jeremiah 4 31 5 3 10 19 12 13 14 17 26 19 30 12 weary לאה l ʼ h jeremiah 6 11 9 5 4 6 12 5 15 6 20 9 distress anguish צרה ṣrh jeremiah 4 31 6 24 14 8 15 11 16 19 30 7 49 24 50 43 anguish מעה m h jeremiah 4 19 twice 30 20 to be ashamed יבש ybš jeremiah 2 26 36 6 15 8 9 12 9 19 18 12 13 14 3 4 15 9 17 13 18 20 11 22 22 31 19 46 24 48 1 13 20 39 49 23 50 2 12 51 17 47 51 to be humiliated כלם klm jeremiah 3 3 6 15 8 12 14 3 22 22 31 19 to have compassion רחם rḥm jeremiah 6 23 12 15 13 14 21 7 30 18 31 20 twice 33 26 42 12 50 42 rejoicing noun ששון śśwn jeremiah 7 34 15 16 16 9 25 10 31 13 33 9 11 7 joy noun שמחה śmḥh jeremiah 7 34 15 16 16 9 25 10 31 7 33 11 48 33 8 voice sound of joy and rejoicing phrase קול ששון וקול שמחה qwl śśwn wqwl śmḥh jeremiah 16 9 25 10 33 10 to sing for joy רנן rnn jeremiah 31 7 12 51 48 sorrow grief יגון ygwn jeremiah 8 18 20 18 31 13 9 45 3 lamentation קינה qynh jeremiah 7 29 9 10 9 20 21 19 20 wailing נהי nhy jeremiah 9 10 9 18 17 19 18 20 19 31 15 to weep בכה bkh jeremiah 9 1 8 23 13 17 22 10 41 6 50 4 weeping בכי bky jeremiah 3 21 9 10 9 31 9 10 15 16 48 5 twice 48 32 to cry out זעק z q jeremiah 48 20 31 wail ילל yll jeremiah 4 8 25 34 36 11 47 2 48 20 31 39 49 3 51 8 to lament ספד spd jeremiah 4 8 16 4 5 6 22 18 twice 25 33 34 5 49 3 12 lament מספד mspd jeremiah 6 26 48 38 pain כאב k b jeremiah 15 18 pain sorrow מכאב mk ʼ b jeremiah 30 15 45 3 51 8 wound מכּה mkkh jeremiah 6 7 10 19 14 17 15 18 19 8 30 12 14 17 49 17 50 13 be astonished appalled qal desolate niphal hiphil שמם shmm jeremiah 2 12 4 9 10 25 49 20 50 45 13 12 11 33 10 14 18 16 19 8 49 17 50 13 tears דמעה dm h jeremiah 9 2 1 19 18 13 17 14 17 31 16 1 baloian s anger in the old testament was helpful in pointing out references on all the terms related to anger 2 although most of the occurrences of אפ ʼ p have to do with anger a few like 2 35 have to do with turning one s face away those references that specifically speak of anger burning אפ חרון p ḥrwn are the following 4 8 26 12 13 25 37 38 twice 30 24 49 37 51 45 3 this is actually a verbal form of anger while the rest are not acting as verbs in the sentences it is unique in that the anger expressed is by the people who attack jeremiah instead of being expressed by the lord 4 most forms of the verb are in the hip il infinitive construct form with a first common singular pronominal suffix 5 although not all cases of weariness and humiliation are related to feelings e g jer 12 13 is merely talking about the weariness involved in doing hard labour these emotion laden words often convey a sense of sadness 6 the verse references are from the english text which differs from the masoretic numbering by one verse for ch 9 the different numbering for the hebrew verses are placed in brackets 7 about half of the references refer to rejoicing being forbidden or taken away 7 34 16 9 25 10 8 as with the references to rejoicing about half the references refer to joy being forbidden or taken away 7 34 16 9 25 10 48 33 9 jeremiah 31 13 speaks of sorrow going away and being replaced by joy 10 the weeping in jer 31 9 is more a sign of joy than sorrow 11 in jer 25 36 ילל yll is found in the noun form 12 the verb ספד spd is most often found in the negative 16 4 5 6 22 18 25 33 13 the use of the hip il in 10 25 49 20 and 50 45 gives the verbal form the sense of being desolate and thus even though desolation would most likely have an emotional response this reference will not be used in the text as it is not directly linked to a feeling 14 similar to 10 25 the use of the niphal verbal form in 12 11 and 33 10 gives the verbs a sense of desolation as opposed to one of astonishment and these references will not be used further in this text leave a comment church or the academy november 20 2012 uncategorized brenda kronemeijer heyink during a conversation at sbl a former professor of mine mentioned that we as reformed scholars would eventually have to choose between serving the church or the academy by that i assume he means that one cannot please both academia and the church at the same time whatever we write one side will be frustrated or disappointed by the choices we make however i m not sure i want to choose between church or the academy although perhaps i have already unwittingly made my choice the conference has been held from saturday to tuesday with sessions occurring all day on sunday unfortunately morning worship wasn t really one of the options for the sunday sessions and i wasn t around to go to the 7 30 a m service as my attending church on sunday morning is non negotiable for me i found a church in the neighbourhood of the conference and skipped out on half my morning session surrounded by mostly black people and eating thanksgiving dinner for communion i felt at home among these believers who were doing church fighting for social justice being one of those things my time living in intentional community has only reaffirmed my desire to not allow my faith to be only something for head so i have definitely chosen church at the same time i m not interested in church that isn t interested in listening to biblical scholarship to ignore what s happening in biblical scholarship is denying my reformed heritage this is despite the fact that as a friend at this conference put it there are a lot of people focused on a lot of obscure little details that i m not at all interested in how can we believe that god rains down good on both the wicked and righteous and then assume that other christians and non christians are incapable of having good insights into linguistics the biblical text theology and culture and since as a reformed christian i believe in god s sovereignty and capability of working amongst all people in all things how can i not use the gifts god s given me to participate in developing that knowledge further and then sharing that knowledge with the wider body of christ the church i being typical of the generation in which i belong want both this conference has reminded me that i m not the only one which is pretty exciting now just to figure out how best to do that well and finish my dissertation leave a comment sbl in chicago a world of contrasts november 18 2012 uncategorized brenda kronemeijer heyink i spent the first afternoon of sbl attending a seminar on theological interpretation of the bible i d love to do more to help further good biblical interpretation that takes seriously both the confessional nature of the bible and current critical academic scholarship on the bible attending this seminar and hearing what others are doing is hopefully a step towards doing more of that before walking into the seminar i had seen a notice that there was a taizé service in the church at 6 that evening perfect timing i thought something to do between the afternoon service and my late dinner plans and perhaps it would be a nice change from the very intellectually focused afternoon it was a strange contrast between the two the seminar was attended by about a hundred people almost entirely composed of fairly well to do white males the taizé seminar was about 10 people mostly females of which at least one was homeless the seminar was well organized the service somewhat haphazard yet the singing in the taizé service despite the seminar being full of theologians and pastors felt significantly better furthermore i was robustly welcomed and thanked for my presence at the service people were appreciative of me at the seminar but i wonder how much of that was related to the potential diversity i represented i m not sure what to make of the fact that i felt more immediately at home in the taizé service than i did in the biblical seminar life in amsterdam has obviously changed me living in a christian community and hanging out with homeless people regularly probably does have an effect on a person yet i also long to feel at home and have a voice in doing theological interpretation well theological interpretation that has consequences for both the homeless and the ones who might be accused of being too impressed by their own thinking this has been crossposted from my more informal blog so this fits how one comment so far part 3 who is speaking in jeremiah 10 19 20 august 31 2012 uncategorized jeremiah brenda kronemeijer heyink as part of a thesis discussing the representative role of jeremiah the prophet i looked at how various passages in jeremiah allow for ambiguity in who is speaking in the text below is a short discussion on jeremiah 10 19 20 another section that shows further the ambiguity between the feelings of jeremiah and the people of judah is jeremiah 10 19 20 10 it is questionable who is speaking here jeremiah or the people of judah according to polk more commentators claim that the people of judah are speaking in these verses 11 since verse 18 speaks of the destruction coming on the people of judah the people would be the most logical recipients of this message of destruction and they are thus the ones most likely to respond since verse 21 refers to the people of judah in the third person as my people it is less likely that the people of judah are speaking here furthermore the use of the first person singular possessive pronoun here suggests instead a completely different speaker one who has a claim on the people of judah a claim held primarily by god yet it does not seem that the lord is speaking here which implies that jeremiah has taken over that claim moreover it is fairly clear that jeremiah is speaking in verse 23 so he could easily be the one speaking in verses 19 20 thus the...
|
